Okay, I'd like to make a comparison between this game's graphics and the graphics of two other Harvest Moon games for DS~

Spoiler:Twin Villages

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Spoiler: Twin Villages

Spoiler:Welcome to the Wind's Bazzar

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Spoiler: Welcome to the Wind's Bazzar

Spoiler:Island of Happiness

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Spoiler: Island of Happiness

(The IoH ones aren't so good, sorry 'bout that)

But my point is- aren't they all rather similar? I appreciate that there's some differences and some are better than others, but the same, 3D kind of chibi style is recurring. Not that I don't like it, I think it's adorable, but can't they try something new?

As for the graphics in general, I think that the buildings, crops and background are really detailed!

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"Some people are like slinkies. They have no real use, but they're fun to push down stairs."

Giving them new bases would require much more rendering and coding. I'm not too sure on how you develop video games, but I think they all have the same base coordinates. The only difference I've noticed is the way they're colored.

So yeah, I think they got lazy with the sprite designs and kept reusing them.